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Webster 1828 Edition


Despicable

DESPICABLE

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Adj.
[Low L. To look down, to despise; to look.] That may be or deserves to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; applicable equally to persons and things; as a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

Definition 2024


despicable

despicable

English

Adjective

despicable (comparative more despicable, superlative most despicable)

  1. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless

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  1. despicable” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).